A 50-tonne prototype dump truck is the centrepiece of Bell’s impressive stand at INTERMAT 2015 and offers a real glimpse of the heavy construction industry’s future.
Plans are well in hand for the INTERMAT 2015 construction equipment exhibition, being held in Paris in April. The organisers say that the 2015 edition promises to be a great success, thanks to a high level of creativity and exceptional events to promote the building materials and machinery industry, and the companies that use them. One of the new features of this 2015 edition is World of Concrete Europe (WOC Europe), bringing together the entire concrete industry and its full range of products. Also, the IN
German crane provider Auto-Klug has taken delivery of a Grove GMK4100L-1 all-terrain crane, the first in the country to come with a K-100 synthetic rope.
Made from a combination of high-performance synthetic fibres, the K-100 is 80% lighter than wire rope and boasts torque-neutral construction that eliminates load spin and cabling, according to Grove.
The new hoist material also makes for easy handling, reeving and installation, and because it does not require lubrication with heavy grease, it is environm
Strong sales are expected at the Ritchie Bros unreserved auction in Romania. In excess of 700 items of heavy equipment or trucks are being put up the sale. The auction event will be carried out close to Cluj-Napoca on September 9th and the items on sale include a large quantity of dump trucks, wheeled loaders, bulldozers, compactors and graders. This event will be the company’s first-ever auction in Romania. The items are being sold on behalf of a large contractor and all units on sale will be sold to the h
Doosan Portable Power (DPP) has won an order worth almost €2 million for portable compressors in Saudi Arabia.
The compressors have been purchased by Jeddah-based rental business, EJAR, through TAMGO, the authorised dealer for Doosan compressors, lighting towers and construction tools in Saudi Arabia.
The order is for 50 Doosan 9/235HA portable compressors each providing 23.4m³/min of compressed air at a rated operating pressure of 8.6bar.
